Messages - Joel

Just wanted to take the time (since I know he sticks his head in here every now and then) that all of buddies at IO and the rest of the prog world wish him a happy birthday! I know fs likes to take his favorite shows with him on the road, working all of those crazy hours. Have a wonderful birthday fs, hope to see you around one day soon!

I just thought I'd let Gary's friends know that this past Wednesday was his last Schizophrenic Clinic broadcast over at ProgRock. Gary started right here close to 5 years ago, and I had the privilege of working side by side with him for over two years, ruling Wednesday nights back to back at both stations. Gary's decided his hearts not into it any more, but he's also in a situation that requires some prayers. His wife Linda will soon be having heart surgery to repair a deformity she's had from birth, so please keep her and their daughters in your prayers. We are all one big prog family, and need to watch out for our own. Thank you everyone.

I think I'm more amazed at the hypocrisy of it all. Now none of this is aimed at anyone personally, so don't take offense, but we have a Beatles show every week (yeah yeah, Sgt. Pepper and Abbey Road maybe, but Love Me Do?). We've got a Zeppelin special coming up, you know I love ya Epic Mike, Zeps a lot of things, but prog isn't generally one of them. You want to start an arguement among prog fans, just mention Rush. Prog, not prog, just an old classic rock band? OK, we'll let that one slide. Marillion has done nothing but denigrate the entire prog genre while distancing themselves far from it. Ask h, he'll tell ya (I'm sure he has).

In reality, you probably had a better case for terminating Gruno the first time. This time it's just obvious you're looking for an excuse to get rid of him. So just tell him so. Don't hide behind the format, come right out and tell him we don't want you here anymore.

This is all supposed to be fun, a hobby, sharing music with your friends, nothing more, nothing less. None of us are going to get our big break in broadcasting. None of us are going to make any money doing this. The record companies consider us a blip on the radar, glad for the exposure, but certainly not being supported by it. How many of your maybe 50 listeners are going to actually buy that new album you played on your show? 10%? That's 5 CDs, 4 of which probably would have been bought regardless. Perspective needs to be regained, and someone need to take away Alistair's keyboard, because everytime he touches it, something bad happens.